CVE-2022-42832

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

A race condition was addressed with improved locking. This issue is fixed in iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura 13. An app with root privileges may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Affected products

Apple iPadOS: before 16.0 — fixed in 16.0
Apple Iphone Os: before 16.1 — fixed in 16.1
Apple macOS: before 13.0 — fixed in 13.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apple iPadOS 16.0; Apple Iphone Os 16.1; Apple macOS 13.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213488
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213489

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